Kaprizov day to day for Wild with lower-body injury

CALGARY — Kirill Kaprizov did not play for the Minnesota Wild in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday because of a lower-body injury.

The 27-year-old forward, who is day to day, went down following a knee-on-knee collision with Drake Caggiula but did not leave a 5-3 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. Kaprizov did not participate in an optional practice Friday.

“There’s kind of been a few guys that have been going down. We always say next man up, try to fill the void,” Wild forward Ryan Hartman said. “Obviously, it’s the leading scorer in the League. It’s a big void to fill, but we’ve got to play a team game and roll out everybody.”

Kaprizov is tied with Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon for the NHL scoring lead with 34 points (13 goals, 21 assists) in 19 games. He is fourth in the League with a plus-16 rating.

Kaprizov has a franchise-record 11-game road point streak (24 points; eight goals, 16 assists) for the Wild (13-3-4), who are second in the Central Division, four points behind the Winnipeg Jets.

He avoided a major injury, according to Hynes.

“Oh, for sure, oh yeah,” Hynes said Friday.

Forward Marat Khusnutdinov (lower body) is also day to day. He has two assists in 19 games this season.